There is an article in Pop-Sci that is breathlessly announcing the first commercial wireless human brain-computer interface. At the same time, Bayou Man notes that DARPA has developed a pretty fancy prosthesis with an eye toward control by implanted neural cortical control.
Put the two together, and what you have is the latest unmanned combat device for the battlefield of the future: An infantryman, teleoperated by someone at some remove from the actual battlefield. The first Terminators will not be completely autonomous.
Now think about the level of inspiration you would need to take up arms against such an enemy, and exchange fire with him, knowing that you are the only warm meat on the battlefield.
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I haven't read "Foreign Enemies and Traitors" yet (the third book in Matt Bracken's "Enemies Foreign and Domestic" trilogy).
In an interview with Denver radio talk show host Peter Boyles, he stated that one element of his novel's plot was that the Predator and Reaper drones have been brought back from the Middle East to enforce oppression against American citizens.
Plausible?
July 9, 2009 7:00 am
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Peter is joined by author, Matt Bracken to talk about his book, "Enemies: Foreign and Domestic."
July 9, 2009 8:00am
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In the final hour of the show, Peter continued talking with Matt Bracken about the current direction of the country.
While not related to drones with missiles, there's a chapter in the first novel -- which you can read here -- about the BATF using aerial surveillance to blackmail government officials.
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